The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-03-03
OUR NAN ON THE OUTSIDE.
CHIPS FROM A HATCHETr.

Solicitor Worthington is very much
pleased with Henderson from a business
standpoint, and with proper inducements,
we think it probable he will become citi-
zen here.
The most evenly balanced scales we ever
saw are on the prescription desk of W. T.
Cheatham & Co. Incredible as it may
sound, it is yet fact, you can make them
vary the sixteenth of an inch simply with
the lead left on the paper in writing of your
address.
In our travels last week along the R. &
G. Railroad we stopped over at Littleton,
and gathered notes of its history, enter
prises, &C., which we have hung on file, or
as the Legislators say about a motion on
which they are not ready to vete, it has,
for the present, been tabled"
We are proud to know our structures on
the conduct of our County Commissioners
have been endorsed by Judge Merrimon in
his official capacity. There are ether things,
we shall have to jog their memory again,
much against our inclination.
Our town is now burdened with as much
expense as her revenue justifes, yet the APP
pointment of an inspector of food seems
imperative. At their next meeting it is to
| be hoped our City Fathers will. take some
IF no
sale of impure meats, whereby the health,
and even the livee, of number Of persons
| were endangered.
The Wilson Mirror of last week was
kind enough to give us iattering notice
We wish we could feel worthy of it, but
fear the picture that Brother Blount drew
was not ours-more likely personal re
Election from the Mirror. Before seeing
the notice referred to, we were lamentins
the dizziness of our edge-thought littl
sharpening was imperative, but now
we'll, we don't feel so Bl(o)unt as yo
might suppose.
woMEN's WAGES.
The price paid for female labor all owe
this country is so small, that good peepl
everywhere have been trying for years
do something to alter this state of things
J to enable a woman to reap the same re
/ ward paid man for the same work. W
read of the injustice and imposition pra'
, ticed upon the poor sewing girls of Ne
York and other large cities; of the inad
t quate price paid the working women {
S every class; our heart goes out in sympath
: for their suffering, and we heap maledi
= tions upon the hard hearted wretches wi
: grow rich by cheating the almost starvin
| women out of the price of their work. VI
r do this almost every week-every time y
q take up Northern city paper, yet v
r never stop to think OF how our people a
e acting in the matter-to see if there be n
e mote of this size in our own eye.
t Ii a woman, North or South, does
a same work as a man, whether as sale
s woman, book-keeper, or in any other C
pacity, there is neither reason nor justice
l. forcing her to accept half, or one fourth Il
/, pay given man, or give up the situatio
;; Our town is growing, and ip a few years Y
n may expect to see a great many ladies eI
e ployed here in different capacities. Hen
r the necessity of giving this matter son
r consideration now. When lady do
s work that makes her entitled to mar
}. salary, let her have it; and let the ladi
themselves have the independence to d
:, mand fair compensation for their service
e and when they are capable, it will not
long before their worth will be aeknoV
% edged and they will be paid the same
male clerks